Five stats from the market and the stories behind them. This week: Berkshire's stake in a $28 billion deal, Avon's not-so-pretty 1% sales growth, and more.
Low bond yields have called into question the safety of the 4% withdrawal strategy, while other avenues for extra retirement income have their own pros and cons, says Morningstar's David Blanchett.
TIPS, real estate, and commodities are great inflation-hedging, liquid investments, says Morningstar's David Blanchett, who details the importance of exposure to these assets.
Welcome to Assurant's Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast. At this time, all participants have been placed in a listen-only mode and the floor will be open for your questions following the managements prepared remarks.
Welcome to the Assurant's Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results Conference Call. All participants are in a listen-only mode. After the prepared remarks, we will open it up for questions. Instructions will be given at that time.
Welcome to the Assurant's Third Quarter 2010 Financial Results Conference Call. Today's call is being recorded. All lines will be in a listen-only mode until the end of the call, at which point there will be a QnA session and instructions on how to queue for questions will be given at that time.
Good day everyone and welcome to the Assurant's First Quarter 2010 Financial Results Conference Call. Today's call is being recorded. All lines will be in a listen-only mode for the duration of the call and there will be an opportunity to ask questions following the prepared remarks.